Got the chance to Canyoning with some friends today! It was a scorcher of a day, so spending it in an ice cold river seemed like a pretty good option to us.  The photos of the canyon (deep narrow gorge, filled with waterfalls and drops) are on our friends waterproof camera, so we’ll have to Read more

After an Al fresco breakfast, we drove straight back up to the crags at Hospital Flats again this morning. (Actually, we did stop off for a pie along the way). This time we parked up a little earlier and took a slightly longer hike into the ‘Little Big Cliff’. Temperatures were warming but, but it Read more

Though it felt a bit cold last night – there is fresh snow on the hills around us this morning! Crazy NZ weather! It had brightened up a bit though, so we decided to all head off above Wanaka and do some rock climbing. But not before a good breakfasts at camp. We chose an Read more

We met up today with our old friend Rob, who was part of our Outdoor Education PGCE course back in North Wales at Bangor University. It’s been ten years since we’d last seen each other! As could be expected back when we were ‘studying’, Rob was still keen for some river based adventures!  We met Read more

What happened?! We awoke to find ourselves in what seemed like a different place this morning. Last nights panorama had vanished, rain was pouring down and the van was rocking violently in our exposed position! Time to move on! As planned, we continued our journey to the town of Wanaka. The township of Wanaka is Read more

The last drops from last night’s downpour were fading away when we woke and by the time we stepped outside, the clouds had begun to break up and lift. We were journeying to towards the town of Wanaka, some few hundred kilometres away to the south east. The journey took us past the famous glaciers Read more